Bailey Street Presbyterian Chapel WW1 memorial plaque

BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ON BLACK MELAMINE BOARD. COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME CLEANING AND SENSITIVE RESTORATION INCLUDING REMOVAL OF PAINT SPOTS.

Inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/

AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/

GUNNER J.A.SUTHERLAND,R.G.A./

WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN BOULOGNE, MARCH, 22ND 1916./

ON THE EVE OF HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY./

PTE. GEORGE COLIN, 53769,/

9TH WELSH REGIMENT,/

KILLED NOV. 5TH 1916 ON THE SOMME, FRANCE./

AGED 21 YEARS./

PTE. HENRY IDRIS THOMAS,/

5TH BATT. S.W.B., AGED 20 YEARS./

KILLED ON MESSINES RIDGE, FLANDERS./

JUNE 7TH 1917./

“Greater love hath no man than this,/ That a man lay down his life for his friends.”